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A flock of great blue herons descending through a snowstorm to the streets of New York.... A river in Nebraska disappearing mysteriously.... A ghostly herd of buffalo that sings a song of death.... A mystic who raises constellations of stones from the desert floor.... All these are to be found in Winter Count, the exquisite and rapturous collection by the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams.

A Jake Muller movie? Why not? When Jake takes his nephew Peter to Louisiana to see the filming of a movie about him, they also make plans to visit some friends. Julienne Cormier, who changed the course of his life, is one of them. So is his former Captain, whose health has taken a surprising turn. So why are young people disappearing? And what has driven Julienne’s best friend to apparent suicide? And what is all this talk about zombies? Battle lines are being drawn, and Jake Muller isn’t about to back off from a fight.

Hier stoßen irrwitzige Weihnachtsverweigerer auf tiefe menschliche Abgründe, und plötzlich wird Weihnachten zum Schauplatz aberwitziger Zukunftsvisionen. Da rächt sich ein gutmütiger Mann nach zwanzig Jahren Qual grausam an seiner Ehefrau, Rentier Rudolf gründet eine Gewerkschaft, ein durchgeknallter US-Präsident verbietet das Christfest, und selbst die Höllenfürsten feiern ihre ganz eigene, infernalische Weihnacht.

Nyah, the illegitimate daughter of a sorcerer king, has always lived in the shadows. With only a touch of magic and no real power to call her own, she's accustomed to being overlooked—especially when compared to her full-blooded sister, Leuruna, the princess who suffers at the hands of their cruel father. But when Leuruna transfers her magic to Nyah to protect it from their father's tyranny, Nyah is forced to flee the kingdom. Her escape takes an unexpected turn when she's saved—and kidnapped—by Rivven, a mysterious and charismatic warrior with dangerous secrets of his own.

Belinda loves curse breaking. When a man shows up at her shop asking for help, she’s delighted to assist. Who wouldn’t help their fated mate after all? Things go from bad to worse and now she’s left on the rebound. Perhaps riding the local lake monster through his heat will be enough to patch up her wounded soul and get her life out of the rut it’s fallen in. Getting lost in the woods on the way to her date was not a part of the plan. What also isn’t a part of the plan?

Getting lost in the woods was not the adventure Amy had in mind when she jumped at the chance to search for the local lake monster. She just wanted to liven up her steady but boring life, not wonder if every shadow on the ground is a snake and worry that no one will ever find her.

They chant his name. They play his songs. Adams North has the world in a chokehold. Rock god on the rise. Except, the frontman for Of Men and Wolves isn't Adams to me. He's Foster West, the man whose voice stole my heart five years ago. The one I left behind and needed to forget. Now I'm directing his band's documentary, trapped on tour, sleeping on their bus. And Foster doesn’t intend to make my job easy. Because while I ache from reminders of what we could have been, Foster hates we happened at all.

In der ›Die Philosophie der Freiheit‹ (Erstausgabe 1894, umgearbeitete und erweiterte Neuausgabe 1918) entwarf Steiner, ausgehend von seiner Deutung Goethes und des Deutschen Idealismus sowie in enger Verwandtschaft mit dem Individualismus Nietzsches und Stirners, eine systematische Rechtfertigung der inneren Erfahrung als legitimer Methode wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisgewinns und damit das grundlegende Legitimationstheorem der später von ihm ausgebildeten anthroposophischen Geisteswissenschaft.

Christoph verabredet sich in Stockholm mit der viel jüngeren Lena. Er erzählt ihr, dass er vor 20 Jahren eine Frau geliebt habe, die ihr ähnlich, ja, die ihr gleich war. Er kennt das Leben, das sie führt, und weiß, was ihr bevorsteht. So beginnt ein beispiellos wahrhaftiges Spiel der Vergangenheit mit der Gegenwart, aus dem keiner unbeschadet herausgehen wird. Peter Stamm, der große Erzähler existentieller Erfahrung, spürt einer anderen Geschichte der unerklärlichen Nähe nach, die einen von dem trennt, der man früher war.

It has been six years since plague, famine, and war ravaged the planet. World powers have collapsed. The human population has been reduced by 90 percent, and those who survived must always contend with a novel apex predator: human beings whose very DNA has been radically altered by the plague.

Lee Harden is out of options, and out of time. Inside the city, Sam Ryder is trapped behind enemy lines, and Acting President Briggs still maintains his stranglehold on the country - and Lee’s destiny. Choices. We are made by choices. And they make us. Choices are being made by every individual swept up in this conflict. Abby - Sam - Abe - Brinly - Angela - all of them making choices, with irreversible consequences. And all of those consequences fall on Lee.

A remote military research station sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all! Personnel from the neighboring base rush in to discover everyone already dead - and not just the scientists, but every living thing for 50 square miles is annihilated: every animal, plant, and insect, even bacteria. The land is entirely sterile - and the blight is spreading. To halt the inevitable, Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma must unravel a threat that rises out of the distant past.

Hard Sell tells you things about the American pharmaceutical industry you'd rather not know and about practices you'd rather weren't happening. But once you pick it up, you won't want to put this book down.Jamie Reidy is to the pharmaceutical business what Jerry Maguire was to professional sports and Frank Abagnale (Catch Me If You Can) was to bank fraud. He's the guy who's been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories.

Mit 21 Jahren schreibt Georg Büchner an seine Braut: "Ich studiere die Geschichte der Revolution. Ich fühlte mich wie vernichtet unter dem grässlichen Fatalismus der Geschichte." Ein Jahr später begann er, selbst von Verhaftung bedroht, mit der Niederschrift seines Dramas "Dantons Tod", das die terroristische Steigerung der Französischen Revolution zur Schreckensherrschaft thematisiert.

Baby to Toddler provides a helpful chronological timeline in aiding new parents to become pragmatic and informed mothers and fathers. This book covers the fundamentals of planning for the newborn. Before and after birth. From the essential items required, the physical changes of both mother and child, to the everyday task of changing a nappy! With digestible and instructive information, Baby to Toddler is created to build confidence and concise know-how to any new parent during the exciting growth of a baby’s development.

Grace doesn’t know much about anything beyond her town’s limits, but she does know this: She is falling in love with the hottest guy in Sheridan U. And when you play with fire - you ought to get burned.

The empire remains in chaos following the last attack. Fes searches to connect to the newly raised dragon, wanting to find him before the Damhur attack again, but when he finally returns to the capital, he’s too late. War has returned to the empire in full. With dragons controlled by the Damhur attacking along the coast, the fire mages and Dragon Guard outmanned, Fes urgently needs to find a way to save the dragons - and help the empire. The search brings him to a foreign land where he uncovers ancient secrets in his quest.

Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms decide bail and parole - and appear to assess black and white defendants differently. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. And autonomous vehicles on our streets can injure or kill.

We engage with the law every day: when we leave the house, and even when we don't, we're bound by rules we don't even notice. Until they're used against us. Knowing our rights means taking control of our lives. In this handbook, lawyer Christian Weaver brings together everything you need to know to claim your space in the world. Whether you are arguing with your landlord, looking for a refund, going to a protest or being harassed, this essential guide illuminates the full power of the law, and arms you with your rights.

En ambitiøs assistent. En perfektionistisk chef. En tiltrækning de ikke kan modstå. Chloe Mills er ung, kvik og ambitiøs og godt på vej mod sit drømmejob. Hun har bare et problem: sin chef. Bennett Ryan er arrogant, krævende og urimelig – og fuldkommen uimodståelig. I sandhed en Beautiful Bastard. Efter en årrække i Frankrig er Bennett hentet hjem til Chicago for at indtage sin plads som chef i familiens mediekoncern. Han ved hvad han vil, og trods rygter om det modsatte har affærer på kontoret aldrig været hans stil.